| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: Colton library.--Birmingham riots.--Dr. Priestley's library.--
Lord Mansfield's books.--Cowper.--Strasbourg library bombarded.--
Offor Collection burnt.--Dutch Church library damaged.--
Iibrary of Corporation of London.
CHAPTER II.
WATER.
Heer Hudde's library lost at sea.--Pinelli's library captured
by Corsairs.-MSS. destroyed by Afohammed 11-Books damaged by rain.-
Woffenbuttel.- Vapour andMould. -Brown stains.--Dr. Dibdin.-Hot
water .pipes.-Asbestos fire.-Glass doors to bookcases.
CHAPTER III.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Exodus 37: 23 And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
Exodus 37: 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
Exodus 37: 25 And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
Exodus 37: 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 37: 27 And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for holders for staves wherewith to bear it.
Exodus 37: 28 And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37: 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
Exodus 38: 1 And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height thereof.
Exodus 38: 2 And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it; and he overlaid it with brass.
Exodus 38: 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: had ceased, and the stillness of the night round the schooner was as
dumb and complete as if a dead world had been laid to rest in a grave
of clouds. We expected him to speak. The necessity within him tore
at his lips. There are those who say that a native will not speak to
a white man. Error. No man will speak to his master; but to a wanderer
and a friend, to him who does not come to teach or to rule, to him who
asks for nothing and accepts all things, words are spoken by the
camp-fires, in the shared solitude of the sea, in riverside villages,
in resting-places surrounded by forests--words are spoken that take
no account of race or colour. One heart speaks--another one listens;
and the earth, the sea, the sky, the passing wind and the stirring
Tales of Unrest |
